Professional Roles and Values A) Functional Differences: The functional differences between a regulatory agency, like the Texas Board of Nursing and a Professional Nursing Organization, like with Texas Nurses Association, are many. Even though both agencies support nursing, they do in different ways. The mission statement of the Texas Board of Nursing is as follows: “The mission of the Texas Board of Nursing is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person
Words: 1529 - Pages: 7
Complete the worksheet with a substantive response to each prompt. Define each term using the course textbooks or a peer-reviewed resource. Describe how you, as a BSN student, demonstrate each value as you interact with patients and other health care providers. Provide specific examples of how your values influence your attitudes and behaviors. Each response must be 100 to 150 words. |Value |Definition |Personal Demonstration
Words: 983 - Pages: 4
Ethical Healthcare Issues Paper Robert Cordero HCS/545 May 23, 2011 Richard Nordahl Ethical Healthcare Issues Paper There are numerous ethical healthcare issues that current affect our society. This one is at the forefront of what makes us a society, the ability to reproduce. One of the most important things for most couples who unite is to start a family. Children make up an important part of our society by ensuring that our species continues to evolve. The majority of couples accomplish
Words: 1199 - Pages: 5
“What Are The Values of Life” HLT 305 With the main principles of ethics, the most important ideals that the author feels strongly about are the equality and justice. He feels that no matter who you are, where you came from and how much money you have; everyone should receive the same amount of care and help. He has seen so many news stories that people are denied care for low income and others that could not received help because of their religion and it baffles him that in
Words: 621 - Pages: 3
The Snow Storm Lawsuit Debtay Becky Gilliland Health Care Policy. Law and Ethics-HSA515 July 25, 2010 1. Identify and explain at least three legal considerations. In this scenario there were several legal considerations regarding the snow storm and the capacity of the hospital to accommodate those needs. According to the text there would be several factors to consider in regards to the legal concerns of the situation. 1. Whether the patient condition is an emergency and whether
Words: 891 - Pages: 4
one must display morals and ethical standards when making ethical decisions. When reporting finances in healthcare financial managers should practice good ethical decision making by considering ethical principles such as; justice, autonomy and beneficence . The study of healthcare financial management can be so captivating and rewarding if practiced correctly. There are four elements of financial management that has been recognized and if used properly with good ethical business decisions could make
Words: 975 - Pages: 4
Virtue Ethics is concerned with the development of ‘virtues’ within a moral agent. Aristotle argues that a ‘virtue’ is an ethical quality that lies between excess and deficiency. His book ‘Nicomachean Ethics’ features a table of personality traits in which there is ‘excess’ and ‘deficiency’ and the doctrine of the mean, which outlines the optimum development of an ethical quality, but it is relative to the people involved, it is described in the book as ‘that which is neither excessive nor deficient
Words: 1092 - Pages: 5
Applying Ethical Frameworks into Practice Grand Canyon University: NRS-437V Ethical Decision Making in Health Care October 9, 2011 Health care professionals are exposed to a mass of professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities which call for special judgment to be employed in such a manner as to safeguard an individuals as well as public wellness and interests. Considerations in managing such responsibilities may be considered the respect of an individual’s autonomy, confidence,
Words: 1131 - Pages: 5
An Ethical Analysis of Negligence In this paper, the author will describe the main differences among negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice in the medical field. In addition, the author will explain his opinion about this article and the facts described in it as well as the rationale used to form this opinion. Furthermore, the author will describe the importance of documentation in the medical field as well as how nurses should document when providing care while complying with legal and ethical
Words: 1635 - Pages: 7
Running head: ANALYSIS OF ETHICAL DILEMMA FROM CURRENT EVENTS Analysis of Ethical Dilemma from Current Events Lilly Fernandus Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS 437 V July 16, 2011 Analysis of Ethical Dilemma from Current Events Nowadays, ethical dilemmas are an integral part of the health care system. It takes place when there are different opinions on moral claims. We get to a conflict when there is good evidence to indicate that a certain act
Words: 1301 - Pages: 6
